Academic

A POLITICAL-ADMISSIONS SCANDAL AT THE University of Illinois: The University of Illinois official
A POLITICAL-ADMISSIONS SCANDAL AT THE University of Illinois: “The University of Illinois official who oversees undergraduate admissions told a state commission Tuesday that decisions about well-connected applicants were out of his hands...

"UCLA accused of illegal admissions practices; A professor resigns as an admissions committee member, saying the university is factoring race into acceptance decisions, a violation of state law"
"UCLA accused of illegal admissions practices; A professor resigns as an admissions committee member, saying the university is factoring race into acceptance decisions, a violation of state law": The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.

Illinois Admissions Review Commission Releases Final Report
The Illinois Admissions Review Commission yesterday released its report and recommendations into the "Clout" admissions at the University of Illinois. The report concludes that former law school dean Heidi Hurd "personally and extensively participated in admissions applications in a manner inconsistent with University-sanctioned principles of ethical conduct and fair dealing...

Local mosques stitched up admissions to state-funded Muslim school
A Local Government Ombudsman has branded an admissions appeals' panel at Blackburn's top performing school as 'probably the worst instance of multiple maladministration in a school admissions appeal' she has ever seen.

Legacy Admissions: Affirmative Action for the Rich
Richard D. Kahlenberg (The Century Foundatio) has published Affirmative Action for the Rich: Legacy Preferences in College Admissions (Brookings Institution, 2010): The use of race-based affirmative action in higher education has given rise to hundreds of books and law review articles, numerous court decisions, and several state initiatives to ban...

Colleges Ignore Admissions Essays
Chronicle of Higher Education: U. of Cambridge Admissions Chief Says Application Essays Are Widely Ignored: Cambridge?s director of admissions has caused an uproar by implying that his institution does not give any weight to personal essays in applications...

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Health Insurers
Dictating Medical Decisions